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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьrpъkъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to tremble, to quiver”) +‎ *-ъkъ, cognate with Lithuanian tirpùs (“soluble, fusible”). Martynov tentively considers a reanalysis of an earlier *kьrpъkъ in order to match it with Lithuanian kir̃pti (“to trim, to cut”).

Adjective

*tь̑rpъkъ[1]

  1. tangy, tart, pungent (for taste)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *tьrpъkostь (“tanginess”)
  • *tьrpъčivъ, *tьrpъkavъ (“pungent”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: те́рпкий (térpkij)
    • Ukrainian: терпки́й (terpkýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: тръпъкъ (trŭpŭkŭ)
    • Bulgarian: тръ́пък (trǎ́pǎk) (rare)
    • Macedonian: трпок (trpok)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: тр̏пак
      Latin script: tȑpak
    • Slovene: tŕpǝk (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “те́рпкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • “kirpti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “trpek”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *tь̑rpъkъ”
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